Obituaries (October 22)

Ira W. June

Utica Saturday Globe, June 1905

 

Ira W. June

1828 - 1905

Norwich (Chenango Co., NY):  Ira W. June, a well known resident of Oxford [Chenango County, NY] and ex-sheriff of Chenango county, died at his home in that village Tuesday after an illness of several weeks with bronchial trouble.  Mr. June was born in Oxford December 25, 1828.  His early life was mostly spent in Greene.  In 1882 while a resident of Oxford he was elected sheriff and moved his family to Norwich.  He resided here about 10 years after the expiration of his term as sheriff and was elected and served one term as highway commissioner.  During the erection of the Norwich High School he was general superintendent of its construction. Returning to Oxford in 1896 Mr. June superintended the construction of the High School building in that village and since its completion had held the position of janitor.  In 1850 while residing in Greene Mr. June married Martha Race.  She died in 1887.  While a resident of Norwich and in 1889 he married Miss Norah Galvin, of this village, who survives.  He also leaves a daughter by his first marriage, Mrs. B.M Emerson, of Oxford.  His funeral was held from his late home Thursday afternoon and was largely attended.

 

Mrs. Henry T. Button

Bainbridge Republican, February 3, 1888

The trial, at Cooperstown [Otsego Co., NY], of Henry T. Button, for murder, in killing his wife, lasted all last week, and ended in the accused being found guilty of murder in the second degree.  The prisoner is said to be 67 year of age, but by his looks he would be called a young man.  the wife he killed was his fourth one, the others having died natural deaths.  She was about 45 years of age, and is said to have been a woman of some education, but had not always kept the best of company.  She came from Troy, among a lot of hop pickers.  Both were addicted to drinking, and had frequent sprees.  On the night the woman died, Sept. 24, 1887, they were heard quarreling in their home, and were both intoxicated.  When the body of the woman was found the next morning, it was in a craped and unnatural position into which she could not have fallen, and her throat showed signs of violence.  It was the opinion of the coroner's jury that she had been choked to death.  Button claims to know nothing about it.  He was brought home and put to bed drunk, about five o'clock in the afternoon,and said he did not see his wife again till the following morning, when he found her dead.  Except when under the influence of liquor, Button is said to have been a peaceable man, reliable in his statements and honest in his dealings.  The only penalty provided by law for murder in the second degree is imprisonment for life.  Sentence was deferred until Wednesday next.  --Telegraph

 

Mrs. Charles Smith

Bainbridge Republican, March 2, 1888

The remains of Mrs. Smith, of Vermont, widow of Chas. Smith, who formerly resided in this town, were removed from that State and deposited in the Coventryville [Chenango Co., NY] cemetery last week.  She had been dead several years.  her daughter Miss Kate Smith accompanied her mother's remains here

 

Sarah J. Lombard

Chenango Union, June 10, 1909

Mrs. Sarah J. Lombard of Fremont, Nebraska, entered into rest on Sunday morning.  She was an earnest worker in the Methodist church of that city.  Many friends and relatives mourn her death.  Two sons survive, Phanett and D.A. Lombard; also four brothers and one sister, G.W. Sturdevant of Rome, Joseph S. of Norwich, Henry M. of Augusta, D.N. fo Vernon Center and m rs. A.A. Morow of Fremont.  Mrs. Lombard was a native of Augusta, Oneida county..